"What if Harry Potter attended a HBCU?" Young Adult Fantasy book debuts on the New York Times Best Seller List (Blood at the Root)

[TEH]

Do they know how rooted in Christianity most HBCU’s are? The Christian students would hold a protest and try to lay hands on him. This would not end well.

 

[Tapp]

Potion Phi Hex nikka

Ask yo bytch bout us

 

[African Peasant]

Fail to understand how promotion works brehs.

this is bad promo.

 

[RageKage]

Do they know how rooted in Christianity most HBCU’s are? The Christian students would hold a protest and try to lay hands on him. This would not end well.

He could turn them into oil goblins though

 

[Wildin]

3. Sad as it is, there are just a lot of black kids in those kinds of situations, and this book seems intended to let them experience escapism. At the start of the book is a foreword from the author talking about how black male teens don't be reading and he wonders if its because they don't see themselves represented in books, so he wrote this to do that


Basically if this was a movie or tv show by a bunch of white execs I'd be taking the same stance you are, but since its a kids book im a lot more lenient

I agree with you but to to reiterate and add on to my rant, these are pretty much all of the stories we get.

For every 90 of these down trodden, broke, ghetto, unwanted, unloved and hated black stories we get one cosby-esque or family matter story that's like "hey, not all black families, characters or people are like that" and those do well so theres no reason to keep pushing the broken down black person narrative.

And if you really are broke, down trodden, going through shyt do you really want to read about others or watch others on the screen in the same place? How is it an escape if you can just turn off the TV or close the book and live it?

 

[RamsayBolton]

this is bad promo.

the book is a national best seller so obviously not

I agree with you but to to reiterate and add on to my rant, these are pretty much all of the stories we get.

For every 90 of these down trodden, broke, ghetto, unwanted, unloved and hated black stories we get one cosby-esque or family matter story that's like "hey, not all black families, characters or people are like that" and those do well so theres no reason to keep pushing the broken down black person narrative.

And if you really are broke, down trodden, going through shyt do you really want to read about others or watch others on the screen in the same place? How is it an escape if you can just turn off the TV or close the book and live it?

Cause he gets to escape from that and go to a magical HBCU I guess

If I was that age again I think I'd be hype to see a black male of any kind in a magical story tbh but idk what kind of books get made for teens these days

 

[Negro Caesar]

y’all nikkas really mad he said its like Harry Potter to gain ur Interest?

 

[HarlemHottie]

Why does he have to be in the foster care and taking care of his lil brother?

Black children are over represented in foster care.

It's never just a regular character. A black characters foundation is down trodden, already has it hard before you get to the critical point or inciting incident of the story.

Are you new here? I mean, to this planet? Bp fukked up everywhere. You want over representation of the talented tenth.

 

[Fillerguy]

Crack barrel ass nikkas really upset this book is being compared to one of the largest book franchises in Human history.

 

[Umoja]

Why the fukk do we always have to pull ourselves out of the mud?

Why does he have to be in the foster care and taking care of his lil brother?

I get it harry potter lived with his aunt or cousin some shyt (never seen the movie or read the books).

But we can't just have regular black people. It's always dad left, mom died or some shyt.

We need more stories with just regular black families. Not a guy auntie, or gay brother, not a white dad and black mom, not a black dad working 2 jobs struggling to rent an apartment while his teenage boy discovers he has super powers.

I get it, I understand the need for plot lines and reasoning build a story but it's always some down trodden shyt even before we get to the plot.

It's never just a regular character. A black characters foundation is down trodden, already has it hard before you get to the critical point or inciting incident of the story.

This is the problem when ignorant dikk heads get involved in fields they have little no interest in.

Unlike films and games, there's not a price barrier to writing. If you feel there is a gap in the market, pick up a pen and paper, you don't even need to get off your fat ass.

 

[Umoja]

this is bad promo.

How many best sellers have you promoted.

Don't worry. I'll wait.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Why the magic brotha gotta struggle?

 

[BobbyWojak]

Embarrassing but I've been seeing ads with this cover for a min hopefully it's selling well

 

[BobbyWojak]

How many best sellers have you promoted.

the book is a national best seller so obviously not

'Best-seller' is a fake title. It's an industry game, Charlemagne has a bestseller

The Truth About The New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller Lists

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[RamsayBolton]

'Best-seller' is a fake title. It's an industry game, Charlemagne has a bestseller

The Truth About The New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller Lists

My goal is to shed some light on what really goes on with the two top bestseller lists—the Wall Street Journal and New York Times—and offer some information to authors who are hoping to hit them on…

observer.com

its gameable and not 100% accurate but what else are we gonna use to judge how well this book is selling